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Leaving Cert Physical Education: Components of fitness

How often Components of fitness comes up on the Physical Education papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

HL Asked on 5 of the last 5 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025. banker

OL Asked on 5 of the last 5 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2025. banker

Components of fitness, Higher Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Components of fitness.

(a)Which is a health-related component of fitness on the course?
  1. Explosive power
  2. Muscular strength
  3. Agility
(b)Which is a performance-related component of fitness?
  1. Body composition
  2. Flexibility
  3. Reaction time
(c)Power is best defined as?
  1. Strength combined with speed
  2. Moving the whole body quickly
  3. Maximum force in a single effort
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(a) Muscular strength

(b) Reaction time

(c) Strength combined with speed

Your turn: Higher Level questions on Components of fitness.

Higher Level

Asked on 5 of the last 5 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2025Q13, Q14, Q17
2024Q18
2023Q17
2022Q12, Q17
2021Q4, Q13

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

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Components of fitness, 2 marks

How many performance-related components of fitness are on the course?

  1. 5
  2. 4
  3. 6
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6

Agility, balance, coordination, power, speed and reaction time make 6. The health-related list has 5: cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular endurance, strength, flexibility, body composition.

Components of fitness, 2 marks

Flexibility is?

  1. Holding a position without falling
  2. The range of movement possible at a joint
  3. The ability to change direction quickly
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The range of movement possible at a joint

Flexibility is the range of movement at a joint. It is health-related and matters in gymnastics, hurdling, swimming and for injury prevention.

Components of fitness, 2 marks

Speed, as a component of fitness, is?

  1. Covering a distance in the shortest time
  2. Responding quickly to a stimulus such as a gun
  3. Changing direction quickly under control
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Covering a distance in the shortest time

Speed is moving the body, or a body part, as quickly as possible. Responding to a stimulus is reaction time; changing direction is agility.

Ordinary Level

Asked on 5 of the last 5 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2025. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2025Q13, Q14
2024Q13, Q16
2023Q1, Q13
2022Q4, Q16
2021Q9, Q13, Q17

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

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Components of fitness, 3 marks

Which is a health-related component of fitness?

  1. Agility
  2. Reaction time
  3. Muscular strength
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Muscular strength

The five health-related components are cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility and body composition. Strength is often wrongly put on the performance list.

Components of fitness, 2 marks

Cardiorespiratory endurance is the ability to…

  1. Change direction quickly with control
  2. Keep exercising the whole body for a long time
  3. Move a joint through its full range of movement
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Keep exercising the whole body for a long time

It depends on the heart, lungs and blood delivering oxygen to working muscles. A midfielder who keeps running for the full match needs a high level of it.

Components of fitness, 2 marks

Power is a combination of…

  1. Strength and speed
  2. Balance and flexibility
  3. Endurance and agility
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Strength and speed

Power is force produced quickly. A high jumper's take-off or a rugby player bursting through a tackle both need strength used at speed.

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